The Voice of the Community Since 1909, Serving Moorcroft and Pine Haven, Wyoming
The Voice of the Community Since 1909, Serving Moorcroft and Pine Haven, Wyoming
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Remember to come to the rodeo arena, out by the rest area, on June 16 at 10 a.m., to enjoy the Sheepdog Trial Demonstration featuring Dennis Edwards and his dog. Summer Reading registration will begin, at the library, following this FREE kick-off event. Please call the library @ 756-3232 with any questions. New Arrivals! K-3 Snail Crossing by Corey R. Tabor. Juvenile Catwad (graphic novel) by Jim Benton. Young Adult Wild Sign (Alpha & Omega Series #7) by Patricia Briggs....
In association with a statewide program called Wyoming Dementia Together, caregivers to people who are suffering from dementia have the opportunity through Crook County Senior Services (CCSS) to become part of an inclusive community for support and education. “CCSS will be partnering with the University of Wyoming to provide a dementia support group at all three senior centers,” says Jenna Ellsbury, Director of CCSS. The Wyoming Dementia Together program provides bi-weekly education and support that has been tailored to people living in thi...
We’re kicking off the Summer Reading Program this year with a Sheepdog Trial Demonstration! Everyone is welcome to attend this free, fun event on Wednesday June 16 at 10 a.m. at the Moorcroft rodeo arena. The Summer Reading Program theme this year, ‘Tails &Tales’, is focused on animals. Summer Reading registration begins immediately following the Sheepdog Trials Demonstration. This year will be five weeks of fun, activities, programs, crafts and prizes. New Arrivals K-3 Planets and Stars (non-fiction) by Claudia Martin, History’s Forgott...
We will be closed on Monday, May 31 for Memorial Day. Have a safe holiday everyone. Story hour is Wednesday at 10 a.m., weather permitting it will soon start at Robinson Park. Miss Lacey will be letting you know. Don’t forget OVERDRIVE. If you need your library card number or pin number come see us, we will help you get set up. There are books, and audio books, for kids and adults. NEW BOOKS Near Dark by Brad Thor Summer Darlings by Brook Lee Foster The First Love by Beverly Lewis Truths I Never Told You by Kelly Rimmer What You Wish For by K...
Our Thanks The Proctor Family wants the community of Sundance and Crook County to know what a wonderful, caring and compassionate staff we have at Crook County Medical Services. The care that our Father Dickie Proctor received at the hospital and the long-term care center the last six months was a blessing. We so appreciate the warmth and gentleness extended to him especially thanking Wes, Kris, Lanie, Marlene, Connie, Kathy, Pena, Theo, Kim and Erica. We are grateful for Dr. Larsen and Dr. Waddell. A shout out to Ms. Fran for all her help....
Thank You The Moorcroft Area Chamber of Commerce would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the volunteers who helped make the 2021 Spring Fling Cleanup possible. It proves the old adage: “It takes a village”. Principle Kirby Baier, the ninth through 12th grade students and faculty who provided the much needed muscle to canvas the town, picking up litter; the bus drivers who drove the students to their assigned areas; the town of Moorcroft who made the dump available, personnel, Scott, Dave, Willard, Cody and Jodi, skid steer, dum...
As the dirt is cleared from beneath and around the new play set at Robinson Park, the crew sets forms for the concrete border that will keep the cushion of woodchips in situ, protecting youngsters from dastardly spills in the future. This procedure will be replicated when the equipment is installed at Noonan as well....
School is coming to a close, and we are getting ready for summer reading. There are lots of programs, prizes and fun to be had. Miss Lacey will be handing out schedules and calendars, so look for them. Story hour is Wednesday at 10 a.m. and after-school craft will continue until the end of May. Don’t forget OVERDRIVE. If you need your library card number or pin number come see us, we will help you get set up. There are books, and audio books, for kids and adults. NEW BOOKS Relentless by Shawn Wilson An American Kill by John Stonehouse F...
Vitalant Blood Services will be in Moorcroft on Tuesday, May 18, from 11a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Moorcroft Town Center-Cafeteria. Everyone is invited to participate in this awesome mission to save lives by donating blood. As always, all blood types are needed. Please consider donating blood, even if you haven’t done so before. It only takes roughly an hour of your day to perform this selfless act. Donors must be a minimum of 16 years of age (a signed parental permission is required for all 16- and 17-year-old donors). Donated blood will be t...
Our Thanks Cody and I would like to thank everyone who donated and came to support our family at Quintin’s benefit. A big thanks to Luke and Joni Spaulding for organizing the benefit, along with everyone who helped at the benefit. If anyone would want to send a card to Quintin: Quintin Spaulding 476 Badger Creek Dr Brighton, CO 80601 Thank you, Cody and Whitney Spaulding and Family...
May 2 – May 8 celebrates Professional Municipal Clerks Week and Moorcroft Mayor Dick Claar read the official proclamation at Monday night’s meeting for the formal record. He and his fellows presented this recognition to Moorcroft clerks Cheryl Schneider (five years), Jodi Clark (almost four years) and Jesse Connally (more than 15 years) for their continuing service to town citizens, the council and other agencies as well as their persistent efforts to improve the administration of their dut...
The next Kids Paint Class will be on Friday May 14, sign up with Miss Lacey. New Arrivals! K-3 Pigeon Hero! by Shirley Raye Redmond, A Pig a Fox and Stinky Socks (graphic novel) by Jonatan Fenske, Corn & Peg: Bubble Trouble by Brooke Vitale, See Them Grow: Dog (non-fiction) by Dawn Bluemel Oldfield, Chicken Wants a Nap by Tracy Marchini, Sergio Sees the Good: A Story of One Not So Bad Day by Linda Ryden, Bunbun & Bonbon: Fancy Friends (graphic novel) by Jess Keating, Disney’s Taya and the Last Dragon: Raya’s Team, Ten little Caterpillars by...
Our Thanks Crook County Public Health would like to thank everyone who helped make the mass vaccination clinics a success! Special thanks to Crook County School District for the use of the gymnasium, Crook County Emergency Management, Crook County Medical Services District, Be Well Coalition/Prevention Specialist, Sundance EMS, Pine Haven EMS, Moorcroft EMS, Hulett EMS, Cheryl Wales and crew for the fantastic lunch and Jonathan Tinsely for smoking meat. We also would like to thank the Aladdin Community Center, Moorcroft Senior Center, Hulett...
After a year in quarantine, the Carlile Wranglers will host their annual 4-H Club chili/soup fundraiser Saturday, April 24 at the Carlile Fire Hall. Dinner starts at 6 p.m. with chili, soup and dessert so guests are advised to take an appetite. Games and door prizes will be prevalent as well so fun is the plan!...
OVERDRIVE! What is Overdrive? It is the newest gift we are offering our readers. It is a catalog of books you can either read or listen to. Call your local library and get your information. Sometimes your privilege will have to be updated, which is an easy fix. We are receiving calls daily on the new system, so call us at 756-3232 for any questions you might have. You will need your card number and pin to access this system. We are hoping this system will help with a variety for those that like to read on devices. Story Hour is on Wednesday at...
The Moorcroft Interfaith Community (MIC) has purchased two large freezers so frozen foods can be stored longer for those who partake of the Moorcroft area food pantry. The non-profit group was helped in this endeavor; Public Works Director Cory Allison explained that the locale has been let for the pantry needs and public works has assembled the storage units free of charge by the town of Moorcroft. In addition, Glenn Construction donated the labor for pouring the concrete pads on which the...
Our Thanks The Crook County Special Olympics Team would like to thank the following businesses for their support! Thank you to everyone who donated to our Jackalope Jump fundraiser, we greatly appreciate it! Sundance State Bank, Pinnacle Bank Moorcroft, Croell, Diehl’s Supermarket, Hoppers Beverage Emporium, Coffee Cup, Coop’s Spraying, Corner Market, RFM Construction, W-Bar Feed & Ranch Supply, Hitchin Post, Tower Valley Ag, Ponderosa, All Around Hardware, In 2 U Flowers & Gifts, Sundance Booster Club and Sundance Hardware & Sporting Goo...
The Oshoto Community Bible Church welcomes Pastor Todd Busenitz, wife Becca and children Elena, Trevor, Barley and Cassie. Todd and Becca graduated from Frontier School of the Bible in LaGrange, WY in 2010 and were active in youth leadership ministry at the Victory Bible Camp in Alaska for three years where they acted as directors for a summer. The pastor and his family have settled in the church personage near the church, which is under partial construction as the congregation is adding more...
Enjoy a spaghetti feed this weekend to support an eight-year-old boy who is recovering from a medulloblastoma brain tumor. Quintin Spaulding of Moorcroft, son of Whitney and Cody Spaulding and grandson of Dale and Sherry Wood, is recovering after surgery, but the road ahead will include weeks of radiation and chemotherapy. A benefit dinner has been arranged at the Moorcroft Community Room for April 10 at 5 p.m. The spaghetti dinner will be followed by a live auction during dessert, while a silent auction will also take place during the...
Thank you for the gifts, cards, prayers and food in our hour of sorrow. The Speidel Family...
Pine Haven’s annual Easter event attracted scores of young hunters to scour the grounds for colorful eggs....
Spring is in the air! There are things to do at the Moorcroft Library: Story Hour on Wednesday 10 a.m., after school too! We have book clubs, youth painting, DVD’s, books and magazines. We are receiving calls daily on the NEW system, so call us at 756-3232 for any questions you might have. Crook County Library System has joined OVERDRIVE, you will need your card number and pin to access this system. We are hoping this system will help with a variety for those that like to read on devices. NEW BOOKS The Book of Two Ways by Jodi Picoult The S...
The next kids’ paint class will take place on April 16 at 10 a.m. We will be doing a “rain” painting. Sign up with Miss Lacey as there are only ten spots available for this class. New Arrivals! K-3: On the Night You Were Born by Nancy Tillman, How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food? by Jane Yolen, That’s the One! By Bernard Ashley, The Rumor by Monique Felix, Barbie Dreamhouse Adventures Pup on the Run by Elle Stephens, I’m Not a Pig in Underpants by Elwood H. Smith. Juvenile: Light in the Lions’ Den by Marianne Hering, Madman in Manhattan b...
The bunny is getting ready to poke his nose out again and the kids of the community are invited to come meet him this Saturday at the Pine Haven Community Center. The annual egg hunt begins at 11 a.m. and will be outside if the weather permits, or inside if not. Bring your baskets and scour the grounds for those elusive Easter goodies. The hunt will be split into three age groups for the sake of fairness: ages one to four, five to eight and nine to 13. Keep your eyes out for the extra special golden egg while you hunt. There will be a golden...
He is risen indeed! Let us proclaim this together: Easter Sunrise Service on Sunday, April 4, 2021 at 7 a.m. at Pine Ridge Community Church. If you wish to engage in a simple moment of silence and reflection, together we will watch the sunrise in the canyon at 6:40 a.m. in the prayer ravine up behind the church. Pine Ridge Ministries invites all to celebrate the Resurrection in worship, followed by potluck breakfast and egg hunt for the children. Hallelujah!...
